Length record and automatic machine for making same



May 24, 1927.

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Patented May 24, 1927.

UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERI GK B. VOEGELI, F EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

LENGTH RECORD"AND AUITOMATVIC MACHINE non MAKING SAME.

Application filed August 81, 1921. Serial No. 437,310.

" nisms for producing it automatically. -More particularly, one feature of the invention consists of suitable mechanism whereby the passage of successive transverse seams (each produced by stitching together the adjacent ends of two pieces) will actuate a marker to produce a record indicating the distances be tween the success ve seams,thus affording a permanent record of the individual lengths of the successive pieces, and of the total age v The invention comprises further the various features of construction and arrangement hereinafter set forth and claimed. r

The invention is not limited to such use by cloth-finishers specificallv in converting, but is susceptibleof employment in other services; yet the invention will be best understood by describing one embodiment thereof as employed in that particular service. The finisher receives the product of the'mill in pieces of different lengths, for converting (which term comprises bleaching, dyeing, finishing or the like), resulting sometimes in ,shrinking and sometimes in stretching the cloth. The mill or other customer is-sup posed to have measured the lengths of the pieces delivered by him, and the finisher is supposed to make measurements of his own. But heretoiorethe second measurement has required of the finisher time and labor, which it is one of the objects of the present invention to eliminate. Moreover, the measurements by the finisher may not tally with the previous measurements by his customer; and this leads to disputes, which it is another object of the present invention to prevent.

It ismore economical to do the converting by continuous operation. For this purpose, in carrying on their operations, it is the practice of finishers to assign a particular number i or other symbol to. designate the product of each customer, and to mark this number indelibly (as upon the margin) upon every plece of cloth received from that particular customer; moreover, each piece of cloth received from any customer .is additionally marked with its own serial number. A: plurality of pieces from one customer will thcnbe stitched together, end to end, and run successively through the desired converting-treatment.

According to this present invention, suitable mechanism is provided whereby the total length (in yards or other units) of the combined pieces is automatically recorded.

permanently upon a, suitable tape by uniforn'ily-spaced punctures or other markings, corresponding to units of length; and, preferably, by an additional series of uniformlyspaced markings correspondingv to some suitable multiple of said unit, as every tenth yard; and, finally, the passing of every seam 1 (uniting two pieces) is similarly recorded automatically on the same tape by markings whose spacings correspond to the respective length of the pieces.

The invention wi reference to the annexed drawings, which set forth a preferred embodiment thereof, and in which:

Fi 1 is avertical section on the line 1 1 of Fig; 2 presenting the cloth-measuring rolls in end elevation;

Fig. 2 is an elevation, viewed from the left of Fig. 1, and showing partlyin section the tape-puncturing mechanism, and the main tape-carrying wheel;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, viewed from the right of Fi 2, of the tape-carrying mechanism; y

Figs. 4 and 5 are details, showing. a faceview and edge-view respectively, ot gearing for actuating the recording-inStrumentali ties; and r ,6 represents a portion of the tape. presenting the peri'i'ianentrecord, the size of the punctures being greatly exaggerated.

Referring first to Fig. 1 :In fixed bearings, preferably ball-bearings, on upright standardsl is journalled the shaft 2 of the main or cloth-measuring roll 3, one end of said shaft projecting beyond the standard (for actuating the reeording-instrumentalities).

Normaliy resting upon the top of said main roll is the upper cloth-roll 4, having a floating-shaft 5 whose ends are confined in vertical guideways so as to permit slight up and ll be best understood by down movements of said roll 4. As below set forth, the passage between said rolls of a seam (uniting the ad acent ends of two successive pieces of cloth) raises the upper- Tension-bars 6 7-8 extend transversely'between the standards 1. At 99 etc. is the edge or section of the cloth being treated, its thickness being greatly exaggerated. It has been first passed over the first tension bar 6 and under the second bar 7 and over the third bar 8, thence under and partly'around the periphery of the main measuring-roll 3 and between the rolls, and thence in opposite direction partly around the upper roll et,thereafter to be drawn along (by mechanism not shown) in the direction indicated by the arrow, for the bleaching, dyeing, or other desired treatment. The periphery of said main or cloth-measuring-roll 3 ispreferably roughened, as by a surfacing of carborundum or sandpaper, to ensure that the cloth will rotate the measuring-roll (withoutslippin'g along its periphery).

This rotation imparted to said roll 3 by the cloth propels atape at correlated speed. The circumferential dimension of said measuring-roll 3' is predetermined, say exactly thirty-six inches; and suitable mechanisms (to be described) produce on said tape a permanent record for each complete revolution and for each ten revolutions of said r0113, thereby indicating each complete yard and each complete ten yards of cloth'that passes said'roll. At 10 is indicated a seam (joining two successive pieces of cloth) which has just passed between the two rolls. The passage ofsaid seam has slightly lifted the upper roll (to an extent corresponding to the additional thickness of said seam) and said upper roll has dropped back to its normal position. As below described, said upward movement has caused a suitable marker to make a permanent markon said tape; so that the distance between two such marks correspond to the length of the piece, from one seam to the next;

, Referring next to Figs. 2 and 3, 11 represents a suitably-supported table, located near one of said standards 1, at a level a little above that of said shaft 2, for supporting the recording-instrumentalities, which latter comprise the above-mentioned tape, three markers here shown as puncturing-needles, and means for actuating said tape and needles. The actuation is effected by an actuating-shaft 12, which is either the aforesaid extension of shaft 2 or a shaft connected thereto and revolving therewith at the same rate. This shaft 12 is suspended from said table 11, as by suitable bearings 13. Said table is slotted at 14, to receive the periphery of the tape-carrying wheel suitably joey.-

nailed beneath the table so that the top of its periphery extends into said slot to about the level of the upper surface of said table;

wvhile directly above said slot is secured the frame for the needle-carrying bars. For supporting said tape-carrying wheel two brackets or castings of substantially the construction shown in Fig. 3 are secured to the under surface of said table, each consisting of the two downwardly inclined suspension -1ncmbers 1515 whose lower ends are connected by the hub 16 to carry the horizontal members 17-17. The tape-carrying wheel 18 has its shaft journalled in said'hubs 16, preferably on ball-bearings. The outer ends of said horizontal members 1717 are slotted to receive the shafts of the tape-spools 19 and 20, one (as 19) a magazine-spool provided with a length of tape 21 wound up thereon, andthe other (as a take-up spool.

From the under side of said magazine spool 19, the tape has first been drawn over the upper half of the periphery of said main wheel 18, to be passed down and around the take-up spool 20. The shaft of said spool: are drawn towards said main wheel 18, and towards each other (in said slotted ends), by the spring or springs 22, whereby the tape is clamped upon said wheel 18, and whereby rotation imparted to said wheel (as below described) will frictionally rotate the two spools, drawing the tape off from the magazine 19, over said main wheel 18, and winding it upon the take-up 20, the tape thus passing along within said slot let, to be acted upon by the recording-needles (as below described). If desired, on each of the bracket-members 15 may be a sleeve 23, having pivoted on its ofi'set outer end a roller riding on'the periphery of wheel 18 and forced inward by a spring 25 that bears against suitable collars on said sleeve and member respectively. T hose rollers assist in maintaining the tape firmly and flatly against the periphery of said wheel 18.

-1 referably, also, the periphery of said tapepropelling wheel 18 is provided with two marginal flanges, producing a circumferential trough, into which the two rollers and the two spools with their convolutions of tape are forcedby their respective springs; and the floor of said trough is provided with three parallel circumferential grooves, one for each of the recording-needles, each groove affording clearance for its appropriate needle-tip on penetrating the tape.

To'said actuating-shaft 12, near its end and adjacent said tape-propeller 18, is secured the finger 26 (see Figs. 1 and 1). Opposite said finger a counter-shaft 27 (see also Fig. is journalled in suitable bearings 28-28 beneath said table 11. On one end of said counter-shaft, within the'orbit of said finger, is the starwheel 29, here shown as having twenty teeth-g while on the other lli) reams length of each step depending upon the numberfand dimensions of the teeth of the gearings; and i CQil-SPl'iHgBQ ,(bearing against said starfwheel and bearing 28 respectively) maintains said 'star Kvheel and pinion in each position. For each complete revolutionoi the cloth-measuring wheel 3,, therefore, the tape isadvanced a uniform distance, and held there by spring 32; and a puncture is to be produced in the tape (as belowset forth) to represent one'yard'of'cloth.

Directlyabove said slot 14 and the tape carrier 18, is secured tlie fr'ame 33, a casting, 'to support the vert cally-remprocable bars that carry the needles" for puncturing the tape." One' of these bars,as 34, preferably the central one, carries at its lower end a needle for puncturing the tape to indicate units of length, as yards; This bar 34 is actuated by a lever"35,fulcru1ned on said frame 33' and at one end pivotedto sai'dbar 34,'while its other end is pivotally connected to acam-strap '36 which surrounds an eccentrio cam 37 fast. on said actuating-shaft 12. Suitable lost-motion is provided at said pivots, as by slightly slotting, to permit free movement ofthe parts. Said cam is so adjusted on" said shaft that it does not attain its upper position (whereby the needle'is forced Into the tape) until after the tape has come to rest afterfb'ein advanced one step? means of this needle actuating structure and the" tape-feed previously 5 described, each complete "revolution of the main cloth-measuring wheel causes one complete'revolution of "said actuating shaft'lQ, and thereby causes said finger 26 and cam 37 to advance the tape one step and thereafter cause the unit needle to produce'one puncture in the tape; so that there is thus made a perma nent record ofthe yardage, as indicated in Fig. 6 by the central row 38 of equidistant punctures corresponding to the number of yards (or other -units)-of cloth that have passed over the measuring-roll,

Still referring to Figs. 4' and 5, in connection with Fig. 2, on one face of said star-wheel 29 (on countershaft 27 are two diametrically-opposite lugs or detents 39-39, into whose orbit extends the oii'set lower end of an arm 40 whose upper end is connectedto a second needle-bar 41, which is mounted in frame'33 for vertical reciprocation. Said bar 41 is normally maintained in its upper position by a spring 42, bearing against suitable collars on said frame and'bar respectively; whilethe lower end of said bar 41' carries a needle adapted to' puncture the-"tape at the predetermined in Fig. 6, parallel 'with' row (Figs. 1 "and 2) -47Wvith its needle,

(te'nPyard) intervals, producing the row 43 of equidistant (ten-yard) "punctures, as seen length punctures. Inthe' present instance,

inasmuch as there are twenty teeth on the star-wheel and two detents, thearm 40 and the needle-bar 41 will be drawn'down once for'every ten revolutions ofcloth-roll 3 and actuating shaft 12,andeachpuncture oi? said row 43 will thus represent ten yards of cloth. Preterably'the aforesaid finger is so adjusted on said actuating-shaft that it will-function to. engagethe' star-wheel 29 and advance it to puncture a ten-yard hole simultaneously with the functioning of the first-named needle in producingone of its punotur'esgeach ten-yard hole Will thus be located" by the side of every tenth one-yard hole.

.Onsuitable supports, such as the upper portion of standard 1', are two pivots 44- 44 on which are fulcrumed respectively the members of a pair of diagonal levers 45-45, whose overlapped shorter i'ner'ends are slotted and receive the end of the above-named floating-shaft 5 "(ofthe upper' cloth-wheel 4) while to the longer outer ends of these levers are pivoted respectively the links 46-46, whose overlapped innerends are pivotally connected to the'upper endof a third needle-carrying bar 47, which is mounted to reciprocate vertically" in said frame 33. Each time a seamin the length ofcloth, as 10 in Fig. 1', passes "under said roll 4, it lifts the roll andits floating-shaft 5 and thereby/lifts the short upper'arms of the diagonal levers 'ingthe length of'stroke of the needle-bar Each time a seam thus passes between the cloth rolls, the tape receives apuncture, as at 49 111 Fig. 6. The new permanent record thus automatically produced, as indicated in Fig.1 6, con- 'SlSllS of a tape presenting three parallelrows of markings, such as punctures; whereo'i one (the central row, 38) consists of a succession orse ries of uniformly-spaced markings; the second consistslikewise of a series of markings (43) but spaced at a multiple distance, say ten times that of the first row;

whilethe third consists of markingsf(such M as 49) whose spacings vary in accordance 38 of unit- Suitable s rin s includin a sarin ill withlthe lengths of the respective pieces-of cloth. Thetotallength of;the cloth which has passed through the rolls canbe ascertainedat any time by referringto the tape and counting thenumber of punctures in the unit-row 38, which will be simplifiedby counting the ten-yard punctures in the second rowlt3. If desired, while each piece is still passing through rolls-3 and 4, theindividual serial number of that particular piece can be marked upon the tape. By ascertaining the number of yards between any two punctures of the thirdirow (as &9, etc.) the length of the corresponding piece. of cloth can be ascertained. I

Any suitable or. desirable revolutioncounter may be applied to the main mechanism at any; suitable or. desirable point. Such a revolution-counter 50 is conventionally represented, in Fig. 2, as applied to the actuating-shaft .12. Such device will indicate the total length of the cloth, and the figure it gives will .tally with the total length recorded at the same stage by the tape; but such counters do not produce a permanent record; and therefore are of no other value than to confirm, at the time, the correctness ofzthe permanent record on the tape.

All the details of the invention have thus beenset forth fully, but only for the sake of clearness, since the invention is not limited to the precise construction andarrangement herein setforth. For example, it will be. understood that this recording-machine can either be built into the convertingmeehanism' or constructed as a separate mechanism susceptible of being operatively connected to the converting mechanism in any suitable or preferred manner, so long as the movement imparted to the tape and the actuation of the needles synchronize with the movementsof the cloth. It will likewise be understood that instead of making the record by punching holes in a tape, it could be made by marking with ink or other suitable medium; that instead of recording every yardv (thirty-six inches) and every ten yards, the recording might be in some other unit and ofsome other multiple than ten. Moreover, the needle for making a mark at each unit of length, together with itsactuating mechanism, may be dispensed with. and a suitable scale previously provided on the tape as by printing may be used as a reference instead of the equidistant unitary punctures 38 heretofore described. Finally, parts of the invention can be used to the, exclusion of other parts, parts can be transposed or inverted, andsmodifications of. various features can be employed, withoutin any case departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture produced-in the measurement of pieces ofgoods,

a length-record consisting of a suitable medium such as tape presenting three parallel rows of markings, the markings of one row being equidistant to constitute, a scale whose successive uniform spacings are each of a length that bears a fixedratio to a standard unit of length, the markings of the second row being separated by uniform spacings each of a. length that corresponds at. that same ratio to afixed multiple of said standard unit, and the markings of the third row being separated by spacings whose successive lengths are respectively proportional at that same ratio to the successive lengths of the difierent pieces constituting the entire goods measured.

2. As a new article of manufacture produced in the measurement of pieces of goods, a length-record consisting of a suitable medium such as tapepresenting at least two parallel rows of markings, the markings of one row being equidistant toconstitute a scale whose successive uniform spacings are each of a length that bears a fixed ratio to a standard unit oflength, and the markings of the other row being separated by spacings whose successive lengths are respectively proportional at that same ratio to the successive lengths of the different pieces constituting the entire goods measured.

3. As a new article of manufacture produced in the measurement of pieces of goods, a lengtlrrecord consisting of a suitable medium such as tape presenting equidistant markings to constitute a scale whose successive uniform spacings are of a length that bears a fixed ratio to a. standard unit of length, and a number of other markings separated by spacings whose successive lengths are respectively proportional at that same ratio to the successive lengths of the different pieces constituting the entire goods measured.

4. In a cloth-measuring machine, the combination of ameasuring-roll rotated in accordance with the travel thereover of cloth to be measured, a record-medium such as tape intermittently propelled a uniform 'step by means operatively connected to said roll. said roll having means to cause said first-named means to operate at each complete revolution-of said roll and then remain stationary during the rest of said revolution, means actuated by said roll to produce on said medium while at rest a marking such as a puncture to constitute a row of markings, additional means actuated by said roll once in each predetermined multiple of such complete revolution to produce on said medium a second-row of markings, one markingfor each multiple aforesaid, and still additional meansactuatedby the passing over said roll of each seam in the cloth for producing on said medium a third row of markings.

In acloth-measuringmachine, the co1n- Ian li l

bination of ameasuring-roll rotated in accordance with the travelthereover of cloth to be measured, a record-mediumsuch as tape propelled a uniform step at each complete revolutionof said roll, a recordingsdeivice such as a puncturmge ieedle actuated at each one of said revolutions produce as by apuncture on said medium ltS' record of said complete revolution, a second recording-device actuated at each predetermined multiple of such revolution to produce on Said' medium its record of said multiple of revolutions, and. a third recording-device .actuated at-the passing oversaid roll of each seam in the cloth to produceon said medium its ownrecord of each seam =6; In a cloth-measur ngmachine, the combination of a"measuring-roll"rotated in accordancej with the travel thereover of cloth to "be measured, ta record-med um such as tape intermittently propelled in uniform tion, and a second recording-device actuated at the pass ngover of-such roll of each seam in the cloth to produce on said medium its own record ofeach seams 7 In a cloth-measuring machine, the combination of a measur ng-roll rotated in accordance with the'travel thereover of cloth to be measured, a superposed cloth-[roll for pressing against said measuring-roll the;

cloth passing between said rolls, tapecarrying Wheel for presenting a ;supply of tape, me-ansactu'ated once bysaldimeasuri i i V w wider-spaced punctures.

ing-roll each time it makes acomplete revo-' lution to advancesaidtape-wheel with its tape one uniform step and then let the same I cometo rest, a puncturing-needle I actuated byrsaid measuring-roll, to produce in said "IELPBCWhlIQ, at rest one puncture for each complete revolution, another; punctur ng- 7 needle, and means actuatedby thelitting ot' combination of. a measuring-roll i'otated in' accordance With the travel thereover of cloth 1 1 to be measured, a superposedfloa-ting cloth roll for pressing against said measuring-roll -t (it),

- said floating-roll by-the passing thereunder.

ot: each seam in said cloth to cause the lastnamed needle to, puncture said tape once for.

. each seam. v i

8. In a- "cloth measuring machine, the

the cloth passing between said rolls; a tapecarrying wheel forpresenting a supply of tape,means actuatedby said.measuring-roll r --to propel saiditape-Wheel :with its-tape, aj puncturing-needle;-and. means actuated by i said floating-roll asit is lifted 'by'the passingthereunder of each' seami in said cloth to cause saidneedle to puncture said tape .once for each seam.

9. In a clotlianeasuring machine, the combination of a measuring-roll rotated in tiecoi'dancewitli the travel thereover of cloth a to be measured a finger and acamrotated in accorfdaiicewith the revolutions of said roll, a star-Wheel engagedby each revolution of said linger tor intermittent rotation, a

tape propelled intermittently by" the movements of said star-wheel, a'reciprocatory needleactuated by each revolution of said cam to puncture said tape, successive actuationsproducing a row of equidistantpunc tures, a detent on said star-Wheel, a second rec'i 'irocatory needle alongside thefirst'fand actuated by said detent to puncture said tape in a parallel row or equidistant but widersp aced punctures, a third reciprocatory needle alongside the first tvv0,, and means actuated by the passing over said measuringrolliof a seam in the cloth for causing the third needle to mark said tape with one puncture for each seam.

:10. In a-'clotch-measuring machine, the. combination or a measuring roll rotatedfin accordance With the travel tliereover ofcloth to be measured, a finger and a camrotated by. and in accordance With the revolutions of ,said roll, a star-Wheel engaged by.eaclirev olution of I said finger for intermittent rota- 'tion, a tape propelled intermittently by the movements of said star-Wheel, a reciprocatory needle actuated by each revolution of saidcain to puncture saidtape, successive actuations producing a row of equidistant punctures, a detent on said star-Wheel, and a second reciprocatory needle alongside the first and actuated by said ideteiit'to puncture said tape in. a' parallel row ofequidistant but i 11. In a cloth-measuring machine, the

a star-Wheel rotated by said finger, a Wheel presenting a supply oi? tape and propelled by said star-Wheel, anda reciprocatory needle actuated by said cam to. puncture said tape.v

'12. In a -,cloth-measuring machine, the combination of 'a measuring-roll rotated in accordance witli travel tliereover of cloth to be measured, a cam rotating in. accordance with the revolutions of said roll, a Wheel "presenting a supply-of tape, means actuated by said roll to advance said, tape, and a reciprocatoryneedle actuated by said camfto puncture sa d tape. a r

cloth-measuring machine, the;

combination of a measuring-roll rotated in r accordance Withthe travel thereover of cloth 1 to be measured, superposed floating clothroll for pressing-against said ineasurnig-roll the cloth passingbetween sai'd rolls and susceptible of being lifted by-each seam passing thereunder, levers actuated by each lift of said floating-roll, a record-medium such as tape propelled in accordance withthe revolutions of said measuring-roll, and means such asa reciprocatory needle actuated by said levers to impartto said tape a'record such as a puncture for each seam.

'14; In a cloth-measuring .machine, the combination of a cloth-measuring roll rotated in accordance with the'travel of cloth to be measured, a .tinger and a cam rotated in accordance with the revolutions of said roll, a tape-carrier propell'ed'by said finger, and areciprocatory needle actuated by said cam and adapted to puncture the tape on said carrier. Y

15. In a clotli measuring machine, the combinationof a cloth measuring-roll r0- tated in accordance with the travel thereover of cloth to be measured, a finger rotated in accordance withthe revolutions of said roll, a star-wheel rotated by the intermittent engagement ofsai'd finger, a pinion rotating with said star-wheel, tape-carrying mechanism propelled by said pinion, and two marking-devices such as reciprocatory needles which are severally actuated to. mark on the tape of said carrier by each complete revolution of said roll and of said star-wheel respectively.

16. In a cloth-measuring machine, the combination of av cloth-measuring roll rotated in accordance with the travel thereover of cloth to be measured, a record-medium such as taped advanced one step'for and by each revolution of said roll, a recording-device such as a reciprocatory needle actuated said roll to produce a marking on said medium, successive actuations-producing a row of equidistant markingscorresponding to the number of'revolutions,.zu1d another recording-device actuated by'said roll and by the passing thereover of a seam 1n the cloth to produce on said medium one marking for each seam.

17. In a cloth-measuring machine, the

combination of a cloth-measuring roll rot.at-'

ed in accordance with the travel thereover of cloth to be measured, a superposedfioating roll for pressing against said measuring-roll the cloth passing between said rolls, tape-carrying mechanism propelled for and by each revolution of said measuring-roll, a marking-device such as r a reciprocatory needlerfor marking upon the tapepresented by said mechanisnn'and means actuated bythe lift imparted to said floating roll by the passing thereunder of each cloth-seam for causing said marking-deviceto'markon said tape.

18.111 a cloth-measuring machine, the combination of a cloth-measuring roll rotated in accordance with the travel thereover of clothto be measured, a superposed floating cloth-roll for pressing against said measuring-roll the cloth passing between said rolls, tape-carrying mechanism propelled by means operatively connected with said measuring-roll, said roll having means to cause said mechanism .to be propelled a definite distance for each complete revolution of said measuring-roll, a marking-devlcc such as a reciprocatory needle for marking upon the tape presented by said mechanism, means actuated at each lift imparted to sa1d float- :to be measured, suitable mechanismfor presenting a supply of'tape, suitable mechanism actuated once at each complete revolution of sa1d measuring-roll to produce on vsaid tape equidistantmarkings, a floating cloth-roll superposed above saidmeasuringroll for pressing against it the cloth passing between said rolls and susceptible of being lifted by the passing thereunder of a seam 1n the cloth, a reciprocatory marking-device such as aneedle positioned for marking upon said tape, a pair of levers having their "overlapped inner ends slotted to receive the shaft of said floating-roll so as to be moved by said roll on being lifted, and links pivoted at their outer ends to the outer ends of said levers and having their inner ends connected to said marking-device, whereby the passing of each seam in the cloth will cause said marking-device-to impart to said tape a 7 corresponding marking for each seam.

' 20.'In a cloth-measuring machine, the combination of a-measuring-roll rotated in accordance with the'travel thereover of cloth to be measured, suitable mechanism for presenting a supply of tape carrying equidistant markings constituting a scale, a floating cloth-roll superposed above said measuringroll'for pressing against it. the cloth passing between said rolls and susceptible of being lifted by each seam of the cloth as it passes, a reciprocatory marking-device such as a needle positioned for marking upon said tape alongside of said scale, a pair of levers having their overlapped inner ends slotted to receive the shaft of said floating-roll so as to be moved bysaid roll on being lifted, and links pivoted at their outer ends to the outer ends of said levers and having their inner ends connected to said marking-device, whereby each seam in the cloth as it passes will cause-said marking-device to impart to said tape alongside of said scale a mark corresponding to sa1d seam.

21. In a length-recording machine, the

combination of a measuring-roll, a scale correlated to the revolutions of'said roll, and means actuated by each scam in the cloth being measured as it passes over said roll,

whereby such passage is recorded in proper relative position upon said scale.

22. In a machine for measuring the respectlve lengths of the successive different pieces of an article made up of a plurality nection for recording along said scale the respective lengths of said pieces.

FREDERICK B. voEeELL Certificate of Correction.

Patent No. 1,630,039. Granted May 24, 1927, to

FREDERICK B. VOEGELI.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the abovenumbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 6, line 37, claim 16, for the Word taped read twpe; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 28th day of June, A. D. 1927. v

[SEAL] M. J. MOORE,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

